Spurs beat Aston Villa to reach FA Cup fourth round

   

   Ben Davies scored his first goal for Tottenham as the eight-time winners ground out an FA Cup third-round win over Aston Villa side yesterday.


   After a dreadful first-half showing, Spurs improved and the Wales left-back found the breakthrough against their Championship opponents with a deft header.

   Son Heung-min then wrapped up the victory when he converted MoussaSissoko’s pass to put Mauricio Pochettino’s side in Monday’s fourth-round draw.

     Tottenham have moved into third place in the Premier League on the back of a five-match winning run.

Villa were 19th when Bruce took charge in October, but after just three defeats in 14 games since then, they could challenge for a place in the play-offs.

    Tottenham were excellent in beating Premier League leaders Chelsea 2-0 in midweek but, perhaps unsurprisingly, were nowhere near that level in the opening hour.